I love how people act like the DA and PD's office will hire anyone with a JD and a pulse.

Sorry to crush your notions of superselective average DA/PD offices but it is, without a doubt, easier to land small town PD and DA jobs than biglaw, and it gets easier to land DA/PD job the less desirable the geographic area is. It matters whether the guy has artifically narrowed his search and is only applying to firms in NYC...

ummm . . . this is completely and utterly false. Right now, in the state of Pennsyvlania there are exactly 3 ADA positions open and one PD position open. In the rural counties like mine, DA slots are taken by those who have been in private practice and litigating for years. There are no jobs out there right now, period.

I love how people act like the DA and PD's office will hire anyone with a JD and a pulse.

Sorry to crush your notions of superselective average DA/PD offices but it is, without a doubt, easier to land small town PD and DA jobs than biglaw, and it gets easier to land DA/PD job the less desirable the geographic area is. It matters whether the guy has artifically narrowed his search and is only applying to firms in NYC...

ummm . . . this is completely and utterly false. Right now, in the state of Pennsyvlania there are exactly 3 ADA positions open and one PD position open. In the rural counties like mine, DA slots are taken by those who have been in private practice and litigating for years. There are no jobs out there right now, period.

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I'm not trying to discourage the OP, but JD positions at small non-profits are extremely competitive, and not just because the economy makes it difficult for them to hire right now. There are very few non-profits that will use their scarce resources to hire someone who hasn't already demonstrated a commitment to the issue or at least to public service. The (apparently widespread) notion that it's easy to land non-profit jobs is extremely out of touch.

I'm not trying to discourage the OP, but JD positions at small non-profits are extremely competitive, and not just because the economy makes it difficult for them to hire right now. There are very few non-profits that will use their scarce resources to hire someone who hasn't already demonstrated a commitment to the issue or at least to public service. The (apparently widespread) notion that it's easy to land non-profit jobs is extremely out of touch.